夜幕下的建筑

电泛光在建筑和城市设计中的应用开始于19世纪末，并在20世纪30年代初达到了高峰。在其发展早期，对建筑夜景照明多方面的积极探索是与剧场舞台照明设计互相联系的，而这两个领域中的工作共同将建筑泛光光照明推向一种前所未有的艺术形式的高度，建筑泛光照明在美国得到广泛开发，与此同时，欧洲也在研究这一技术并且把它运用到其城市景观当中，大西洋两岸的人们所做出的努力为建筑设计提供了崭新的领域，近些年来这一都市艺术形式在全世界范围的复兴又将鼓舞建筑和城市设计者用给人以希望的方式探求城市意象的创造。

ARCHITECTURE OF THE NIGHT

The application of electric floodlighting to archltecture and urban design started in the late nineteenth century and reached a climax in the early1930s. In the early years of its development the active exploration of various aspects of nocturnal illumination of buildings closely correlated with lighting design for the theatre stage which jointly advanced architectural floodlighting to an unprecedented art form , Extensively developed in the United Stastes. architectural floodlighting was simultaneously researched In Europe and was applied in its urban landscapes, Such efforts on both sides of the Atlantic offered architecture design entirely new dimensions. The revival of this urban art form in recent years around the world will Inspire architecture and urban designers to pursue a city' s imagery in promising